Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Winter (Railroading in the snow); 1983 calendar & Raildata Chart (Downtown Lawton on the Frisco, and piping charts); Boomer Trail (Photos from our readers); Perspective On A Perspective (Another look at modern narrow gauge) Modeling – N&W Style Caboose (Converting an Athearn caboose to resemble an N&W); Track Planning Ideas For The I&O (Adapting a prototype to a small space); Protofile: Soo Line 5201 Series Flats (A project in HO scale); Modeling Carbody Sheds (A one evening project); Art Deco-Corcoran Auto Parts (Modeling a 1920s style building); Minit Pike 5: An Engine house (Building a low-cost structure in N scale); Modeling Boats In Winter (A scenicking technique for realism); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Mining Company Oil Car (An O scale conversion); CN’s Newfoundland Division (A superb Naritime-inspired layout); Bilingual Locos (You can take the sound with you) Prototype – Indiana & Ohio (A prototype study of a short line railroad); Carbodies Into Sheds (Looking at several ways railroads use old cars); Reading 20000-21999 Series XL Boxcars (Drawings and old photos); Indiana & Ohio Track Maps Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Rail books (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and organizational notices); Trouble Shooting (Questions and answers); Test Track (Product reviews); Tips And Techniques (Modeling methods and ideas); Collector Consist (Valois Central); Observations (1983 Rail chart); Editor’s Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby retailers); Advertising Index (Where to find it this month)
Issue: January 1983
Condition: Very Good